[luau] that crazy GPL stuff...

[Warren Togami]

Jimen Ching wrote:
>>This is not entirely accurate.  IIRC Linus Torvalds made the linux
>>kernel "GPL with one exception", that exception is binary-only modules
>>are allowed (but generally frowned upon).
>>
>>Normally the GPL disallows keeping source code closed even if you
>>dynamically link to it, and cases like closed source linux kernel
>>modules are normally not allowed with pure GPL licensed stuff.
> 
> 
> Define 'dynamically link'.  The GPL document uses terms like 'derivative
> works', and 'works based on the Program'.  Until a court defines what
> these phrases mean, all interpretations are open.  There's really no point
> in theorizing.
> 
> --jc

That wasn't my theory.  That was from common knowledge from every GPL vs 
LGPL discussion.  GPL disallows dynamic and static linking of closed 
source stuff, while LGPL allows dynamic linking but not static linking.

Warren